"in the 1850s and 1860s,
there was a widespread craze for an eccentric type of tableau in which dead animals were arranged into anthropomorphic settings"
I don't know whether to be disgusted or amazed...
The concept of forcing dead creatures into such mundane human actions as carrying umbrellas,
or learning arithmetic is, in itself, a revolting concept,
but the exhibits do have their own strange beauty.
It's almost as though, by doing so,
the Victorians were embracing death,
and showing their lack of fear as to what is the inevitable.
Which I think is kind of nice,
not that I'm about to go and buy a stuffed cat sporting a pair of trousers anytime soon.
there was a widespread craze for an eccentric type of tableau in which dead animals were arranged into anthropomorphic settings"
I don't know whether to be disgusted or amazed...
The concept of forcing dead creatures into such mundane human actions as carrying umbrellas,
or learning arithmetic is, in itself, a revolting concept,
but the exhibits do have their own strange beauty.
It's almost as though, by doing so,
the Victorians were embracing death,
and showing their lack of fear as to what is the inevitable.
Which I think is kind of nice,
not that I'm about to go and buy a stuffed cat sporting a pair of trousers anytime soon.
"Longtail teaching the young rabbits arithmetic"
"Reynard Tableaux"
They kind of remind me of Jan Svankmajer's movies.
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